The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
General Notes.

The Count of Paris and the Duke
d'Aumale are to visit the Pope shortly.
Henry MI. Stanley, who is in London,
will start for Zanzibar next Thursday.
Gov. McEDery has been presented by
the officers of his staff with a beautiful
silver service as Christmas present.
Senator Gibson is confined to his
room by indisposition - " rheumatic
gout."
Lafayette Advertiser: Mr.. j. Massie
Martin, Receiver of Public Moneys, o.
S. Land Office at New Orleans, has re-
moved from St. Landry to this parish
and has leased Mrs. VIM. Campbell's
Magnolia plantation, two miles east of
town, where his family will reside.
City Item: Congress reassembles on
the 4th of January, and dies, by con-
stitutional limitation, on the 4th of
March In those two months there will
be q great deal of talk, and probably
little important action, save the pas
| sage of the appropriation bills.
N. o. Picayune The North Louisi-
ana immigration Society has been per-
manently organized at Houghton, Bos-
sier parish, and committee has been
appointed to prepare pamphlets de-
scriptive of the country and setting
! forth its attractions to settlers. An
edition Of 250, 900 of these pamphlets is
to be distributed from the principal
centres of population Of the North and
| West.
| Lafayette Advertiser, Dec 25: Last
] Wednesday night Sheriff VIM. Camp
/ bell arrested a negro named Cade Du-
pre- alias Max Fabien at Cleophas Lam
dfy's plantation on Cote Gelee, in this
parish, and lodged him in Jail The
negro is charged with having stolen a
horse belonging to Mr.. Theodule Daigle
of Church Point, St. Landry parish.
The horse was found in the negro's
possession.
N. O. Chronicle 1t is common
statement and generally believed
throughout the country that the gov
ernment always has to pay more than
a private citizen in buying the same
thing. In one item at least, this state
ment is incorrect, for in the statistics
| furnished by the Postoffice Department,
it appears that the stamps for which
the citizen pays two cents piece cost
the government only seven cents per
thousand.
! N. o. City Item: The sun has
reached the farthest limit of his annual
southern journey, and is returning
slowly northward. For few days be
comes toward us reluctantly, making
slow progress, but always with q slight
~ acceleratipg pace. By the night Of
the Goth of March he gets over the
equator and by the early morning OF
the 22d of June he reaches as near to
us as he can come. It is pleasant to
know that for six months we are on the
up grade. The DAYS will grow steadily
longer.
i Capitolian-Advocate: A few of oul
s'antin contemporaries have grown ner-
vous over the Farmers Convention
which is to assemble in our city on tie
Goth Of January prox. They fear that
like the. levee people, tue farmers may
get it into their heads that Gov. McEn
cry is ever ready to do all in his powe,
to promote their welfare, and that th'
convention, by resulting advantageous
" to the agricultural interests of tht
State, might give the Governor anothel
boom. With these few exceptions, tin
press is unanimous in urging the farm
ers to. attend the convention, which
they wisely regard as of the utmost I'M
portance to Louisiana's greatest indus
, try. To the infinite displeasure of III
opponents the Governor believes II
building levees, in pushing the agricul
tural and other industries, in invitini
i immigrationa encouraging railroads
sustaining education, and in everything
else that will promote the general wei
fare of the people of the State. Il
hasn't lazy bone in his body and keep
close up with the march of progress.
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